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Paul Devlin
Paul Devlin
Series · 7 books · 1989-2002
By
William Heffernan
Books in series
#1
Blood Rose
1992
Former New York City Detective Paul Devlin seeks safety in his new job as chief of police of a small Vermont town and finds a murder case hitting close to home when a serial killer targets the woman he loves. Reprint.
#2
Ritual
1989
A controversial New York police lieutenant investigates ancient Toltec ritual murders taking place in modern-day Manhattan. "Heffernan's style is gripping and dramatic, while his hard-driving prose reveals a penchant for the grisly and macabre. The suspense is excruciating, and should keep readers in a state of frenzy to the last page"
#3
Scarred
1993
Paul Devlin, the hard-hitting hero of Heffernan's bestseller Blood Rose, makes his triumphant return in this dazzling thriller. In a cop vs. killer novel sure to take the reader's breath away, Devlin is pitted against a killer of such cunning cruelty and excruciating patience, his victims pray for death.
#4
Tarnished Blue
1995
From a reporter turned author comes the fourth thriller featuring popular hero Paul Devlin following Ritual, Blood Rose and Scarred. When a cop is murdered, the investigation leads to a trail of conspiracy, sex and blackmail at the very highest reaches of government. (Pyschological/Suspense)
#5
Winter's Gold
1997
From the Edgar Award-winning author of Tarnished Blue comes a "gritty cop thriller through the glitzy seams of Manhattan's ultra-rich" (Washington Post Book World). A divorced New York City socialite is found brutally murdered in her ex-husband's apartment, and it's up to Detective Paul Devlin to head the investigation. But what should be an open-and-shut case is instead littered with dark, scandalous secrets—secrets that someone very powerful and dangerous intends to keep from being revealed!
#6
Red Angel
2000
Anyone who brings grief to the people NYPD detective Paul Devlin loves is going to have to pay. That's why he's accompanying Adrianna Mendez, the lady of his heart, to Cuba, where Adrianna's aunt Maria has met with a serious "accident." A great hero of Castro's revolution, revered throughout the island as "Angel Rojo, Dr. Maria Mendez was burned beyond recognition in a car wreck, then her body was stolen by members of a bloodthirsty voodoo sect. Now Devlin is determined to recover the Red Angel's remains and unravel the dark secret behind her death. But the New York cop's legendary street sense may not be enough to keep him breathing in this unfamiliar world of corruption, terror, and potent black magic—especially when a vengeful madman and his killers land on the enigmatic island with one immediate goal: to watch Paul Devlin die.
#7
Unholy Order
2002
Inspector Jack Devlin investigates the Catholic Church in this thrilling new entry in the Edgar Award winning series. When the mutilated body of a young nun is found stuffed in the trunk of a car, even the toughest cops in New York City are struck by the sheer horror of the crime. The young victim is a member of Opus Cristo, a highly controversial group within the Catholic Church, whose membership is rumoured to include some of the nation's most influential religious, business and political leaders. Inspector Jack Devlin of the NYPD, experienced in working sensitive cases, is immediately assigned to investigate. But as Devlin and his team delve further, they realise this is no simple death. It is the first sign of a conspiracy of epic proportions. A secret organisation is responsible for a web of crime that extends to the highest reaches of the Catholic Church and every level of society. And when the cooperation of the NYPD is mysteriously withdrawn, Devlin discovers that not even the law remains uncorrupted by this conspiracy. Alone, Devlin and his team must face down two powerful and ruthless adversaries...
Author
William Heffernan
Author · 16 books